ICAR – Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur, India

Dr. Archana Anokhe is a scientist in the Department of Entomology at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. She was also a visiting scholar at the Agricultural Research Organisation (ARO) in Israel. She has qualified for a Junior research fellowship with all India rank (AIR) 13, Senior research fellowship with AIR-4, and agricultural research services with AIR -8. She was awarded the Women Scientist Award (2022), Young Scientist Award (2021), Best PhD Thesis Award (2020), Best Student Award (2019), Best Oral Presentation Award at National Entomologist Meet (2015) and Best Poster Presentation in Indo-US International Conference (2017). She was also awarded a National Talent Scholarship and a UGC National fellowship during her graduation and PhD, respectively. Apart from PhD, she has also undergone different degree programmes, such as Post graduate diploma in education Technology Management and a Master of Arts in English. She has been involved in teaching courses like Insect Pathology, Host Plant Resistance, Advances in Host Plant Resistance, Pest of Horticultural and Plantation Crops, Insect Ornithology, Forest Entomology and Medical Entomology. She has published more than 10 research papers in National and International journals and published more than 50 popular articles/blogs and technical bulletins and is a member of many institutional committees. She has also been interviewed at Doordarshan and All India Radio. She is the Associate Editor of the Indian Journal of Entomology, Indian Entomologist Magazine and Agro-Titan Magazine. Her area of specialisation is insect pathology and virus–vector relationship studies.